FRAME PUBLISHERS MARK #41 DEC 2012/JAN 2013 REVISTA MAGAZINE ARQUITECTURA DISEÑO

THERE’S NO SIGN OF SLOW DOWN FOR MONTPELLIER, WITH THE FRENCH BOOM TOWN AWASH IN BIG-NAME ARCHITECTS AND MAJOR PROJECTS.

FROM JEAN NOUVEL’S CITY HALL, TO A SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT BY MASSIMILIANO AND DORIANA FUKSAS, AND A LIBRARY BY ZAHA HADID, WE PROFILE A CITY WITH AN EYE FOR TOMORROW. FROM VENICE, EIGHT ARCHITECTS – FROM NORMAN FOSTER TO KUMIKO INUI – GIVE US THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE’S BEST AND BRIGHTEST. FINALLY, ADJAYE ASSOCIATES INJECT SPIRIT INTO WASHINGTON D.C.’S DESIGN SCENE WITH A PAIR OF LIBRARIES IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBOURHOODS.

CROSS SECTION

NEW WORK BY: SFOSL, ROZ BARR, BUEHRER WUEST, HELEN & HARD, STUDIO PACIFIC, HOFMAN DUJARDIN, LAUTNER + KIRISITS, V-ARCHITEKTEN, TATO, JOHO, HHF, PATRICK TATOPOULOS, BDG, MECANOO, POHL ARCHITEKTEN, JUAN AGUSTIN SOZA, PÉRIPHÉRIQUES AND BERRANGER & VINCENT, ALEX CHINNECK, TDA, CHURTICHAGA+QUADRA-SALCEDO, AND POWERHOUSE COMPANY

PERSPECTIVE: MONTPELLIER

• INTRODUCTION: THREE NEW BUILDINGS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PURPOSES ENDORSE MONTPELLIER’S AMBITIOUS VISION OF THE FUTURE.
• ATELIERS JEAN NOUVEL: IN A TIME MARKED BY CUTBACKS IN PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, JEAN NOUVEL’S CITY HALL SENDS A MESSAGE OF BELIEF IN TOMORROW.
• STUDIO FUKSAS: MASSIMILIANO AND DORIANA FUKSAS TURNED THEIR SCHOOL OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT INTO A FLUID ALUMINIUM SCULPTURE.
• ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS: ZAHA HADID’S BUILDING IN MONTPELLIER IS A SYMBOL OF CIVIC PRIDE.

LONG SECTION

• MASS STUDIES: THE NEW DAUM COMPLEX SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CARVED FROM JEJU ISLAND’S GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS.
• ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE: EIGHT ARCHITECTS SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AT THE 2012 VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE.
• KOJI TSUTSUI & ASSOCIATES: KOJI TSUTSUI’S CASE STUDY HOUSE EXPLORES WAYS IN WHICH COMMUNITIES CAN GROW WITHOUT GROWING APART.
• SLIDES: A RECENT SURGE OF ARCHITECTURAL SLIDES MAKES ONE WONDER WHAT THE DESIGNERS WERE THINKING.
• TOMAS KOOLHAAS: TOMAS KOOLHAAS IS WORKING ON A FILM ABOUT HIS FATHER, REM.
• ADJAYE ASSOCIATES: ADJAYE ASSOCIATES REALIZED TWO EXEMPLARY LIBRARIES FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES IN WASHINGTON, DC.
• TINO SCHAEDLER: THE COMMERCIAL FOR KIA’S BUDGET CAR, SOUL, INVERTS THE ROLE OF THE ARCHITECT.
• GERARDO BROISSIN: THE ROBERTO CANTORAL CULTURAL CENTER IN MEXICO CITY TAKES US BACK TO MID-CENTURY MODERN.
• DEBORAH BORDA: THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASKED FRANK GEHRY AND JEAN NOUVEL TO DESIGN OPERA SETS.
• BRT ARCHITECTS: HADI TEHERANI OF BRT ARCHITECTS HAS BUILT AN OASIS OF LEARNING ON THE EDGE OF THE ABU DHABI DESERT.
• BLAIR KAMIN: BLAIR KAMIN THINKS ALL GOOD JOURNALISTIC CRITICS ARE ACTIVISTS.

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